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Scenes of workers and workshops.



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The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass of the Virgin, Book of Hours illustrated by Gerard Horenbout. S. Netherlands (Bruges or Ghent), circa 1500. Shelfmark: Add. 35313 Page Folio Number: f.34
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The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass...

The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised on pulleys, wooden platforms, from which a man falls, and mixing mortar. Stone being carried by a camel. In foreground, stonemasons working with their tools. From the Bedford Hours illustrated by the Master of the Munich Golden Legends. France, Paris; 1414-1423. Shelfmark: Add. 18850 Page Folio Number: f.17v
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The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised...

Planet Jupiter (Pisces) influences the activities of merchants. From the De Sphaera manuscript,which is today considered as the most beautifully decorated astrology book of the Renaissance. illuminated manuscript; 15th century.
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Planet Jupiter (Pisces) influences the activities of merchants. From the De Spha...

August - barrel making. From the Breviary of Ercole I of Este. Illuminated manuscript; 15th century.
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August - barrel making. From the Breviary of Ercole I of Este. Illuminated manu...

December - disembowelling a pig. From the Breviary of Ercole I of Este. Illuminated manuscript; 15th century.
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December - disembowelling a pig. From the Breviary of Ercole I of Este. Illumina...

La limosina del vescovo - The Bishop's Charity. Fresco in the Pellegrinaio (Pilgrim Hall); 1442-43.
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La limosina del vescovo - The Bishop's Charity. Fresco in the Pellegrinaio (Pi...

Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1837) and Empress Eugenie visiting the Chaillot Hill. Canvas; 19th century.
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Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1837) and Empress Eugenie visiting the Chaillot Hill....

Gold panning in Australia. Canvas; 19th cenutry.
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Gold panning in Australia. Canvas; 19th cenutry.

"For King and country" - women at work in a munitions factory. Canvas; 20th century.
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"For King and country" - women at work in a munitions factory. Canvas; 20th cen...

The millyard - Grinding sugar cane in a windmill. From "Ten Views in the Island of Antigua", which depicts the process of sugar manufacture. Drawings by William Clark. Published by Thomas Clay; London, England; 1823. Shelfmark: 1786.c.9 Page Folio Number: plate V
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The millyard - Grinding sugar cane in a windmill. From "Ten Views in the Island...

Slaves planting and tilling land on a plantation. From "Ten Views in the Island of Antigua", which depicts the process of sugar manufacture. Drawings by William Clark. Published by Thomas Clay; London, England; 1823. Shelfmark: 1786.c.9 Page Folio Number: plate III
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Slaves planting and tilling land on a plantation. From "Ten Views in the Island...

Slaves digging the cane-holes. From "Ten Views in the Island of Antigua", which depicts the process of sugar manufacture. Drawings by William Clark. Published by Thomas Clay; London, England; 1823. Shelfmark: 1786.c.9 Page Folio Number: plate II
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Slaves digging the cane-holes. From "Ten Views in the Island of Antigua", which...